Sponsorship:$29/mo

Grade: Secondary 1 (7th Grade)

Zilda lives with her mother in a grass thatched hut in the village of Agwata located in northern Uganda.  She is the 2nd to youngest child among 4 children.  Her parents separated several years ago.

English is Zilda’s favorite subject at school.  She hopes to become a lawyer someday so that she can settle cases in her community.

Zilda helps her mother at home with household chores like cooking and fetching water and firewood.  She enjoys playing ball games in her free time.  Zilda is very athletic and runs long and short races.  She is polite and humble

The annual sponsorship for for Zilda to attend secondary school as a day student is $350 which provides her school fees, life skills training, and mentoring and coaching by OU staff.  This amount can be paid annually, by term at $117, or via monthly credit card payment of $29 per month. Additional optional amounts up to $300 total may be contributed during the calendar year as a special family gift.